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A vulnerability was found in Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird up to 1.5.0.3 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird before 1.5.0.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via (1) nested <option> tags in a select tag, (2) a DOMNodeRemoved mutation event, (3) "Content-implemented tree views," (4) BoxObjects, (5) the XBL implementation, (6) an iframe that attempts to remove itself, which leads to memory corruption.
The weakness was released 06/02/2006 by Mikolaj J. Habryn (moz_bug_r_a4) with Cybozu Labs (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-2779 since 06/02/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22701 (Debian DSA-1159-2 : mozilla-thunderbird - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156230 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Firefox (ELSA-2006:0733,ELSA-2006:0675,ELSA-2006:0610)).
Upgrading to version 1.5.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4656.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26843) and Tenable (22701). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 2174, 2283, 2285 and 2282.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Code injectionCWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 22701
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-1159-2 : mozilla-thunderbird - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 57153
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1118-1 (mozilla)
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Firefox/Thunderbird 1.5.0.4
Suricata ID: 100000447
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Sources
Vendor: mozilla.orgProduct: mozilla.org
Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Mikolaj J. Habryn (moz_bug_r_a4)
Organization: Cybozu Labs
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-2779 (🔍)
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X-Force: 26843
SecurityTracker: 1016202
Vulnerability Center: 11890 - Mozilla Firefox \x26 Thunderbird DoS via Multiple Tags, Medium
SecurityFocus: 18228 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, Camino, and Thunderbird Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 27216 - Sun Solaris update for mozilla, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 26304 - Mozilla Multiple Products Content-implemented Tree View Memory Corruption
Vupen: ADV-2006-2106
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Entry
Created: 03/12/2015 12:19Updated: 06/20/2019 16:30
Changes: 03/12/2015 12:19 (97), 06/20/2019 16:30 (2)
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